Unlike Chicory, I’ve been eating fennel the last couple of summers. The intensity of this herb is astounding and a...
Paul E Nelson Blog
AG/BS Wait Till I’m Dead
An East Coast Jewish Democratic Socialist is running for President of the U.S. and it would make sense that there is a...
1992 Peter Berg Interview
I was a rookie interviewer in 1992, when I had the good fortune to be able to interview Peter Berg of the Planet Drum...
525. Momentary Cultivation
An August Poetry Postcard from 2015 featuring yet another photo of mine from 2014, this one from the Skokomish Rez, I...
HRC and the Death of the Onion
I've loved the Onion for years and can remember almost wetting myself at the biting humor of some of the stories. (One...
Hummingbird Resuscitation
I like to think of it as a good sign in my life when critters are waiting until I pass by to drop from the sky in need...
Left. Egalitarian. Sandernista.
In an essay I wrote ten years ago (!) I compared subcultures in North America to make a point about poetry cultures....
Gluten Free Cultural Bandwidth
I guess pizza and coffee with a cheese Danish is out. In one way this post is a continuation of the Bernie Sanders...
524. Topless Lady (Not a Leinenkugel ®)
For some reason I segued into a memory from my rock n roll DJ days in Appleton, WI (WAPL) with this latest 2015 August...
Bernie Sanders Expands the Cultural Bandwidth
I had been living in Seattle for less than a year when I read an article, or maybe an ad in The Nation magazine, that...
Ai WeiWei Exhibit on San Juan Island
What a great thing to do on a Sunday - day trip to San Juan Island to see an exhibit of the work of legendary...
523. Body, Speech, Mind
In this poem from the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest the fact I was reading Philip Whalen's biography is reflected...